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VERY RARE gilded & embossed illustrated hardcover book complete with dust-jacket. "The Little Colonel Stories - Second Series" By Annie Fellows Johnston. Illustrator: Harold Cue. This is the Sixth Impression, published by L. C. Page & Company Publishers, Boston, March 1944. 12mo, 19.8 cm x 14 cm x 3.2 cm, Burgundy cloth-covered boards, Gilt embossed lettering on spine & front cover, Clear embossed 'The Little Colonel' Trade Mark on back cover, Matt printed dust-jacket. 276 pages. Weight: 452 Grams. CONTENTS ARE LIKE NEW!!! However, dust-jacket is age tanned & discoloured, edges frayed, creased & torn, tiny pieces missing from flap corners & edges. BOOK IN GREAT SHAPE: Spine is clean & sturdy, slightly bumped & scuffed either end, gilt bright, binding tight! Cover is clean, slight scuffing & discolouration top & bottom edge & either end of spine both sides, cloth slightly rippled on back, a little edge wear. Corners are straight & slightly scuffed. Ink annotation (name) on 1st end paper. Very light age tanning throughout. RARE ITEM, BOOK IN EXCELLENT CONDITION!!! This is the second volume from the famous Little Colonel Series (Trade Mark), a great book for girls telling the adventures of a young Kentucky girl nicknamed The Little Colonel & her friends, with 8 black & white illustrations on plates by Harold Cue. This book contains 3 stories: -Ole Mammy's Torment (10 chapters); -The Three Tremonts (8 chapters); -The Little Colonel in Switzerland (5 chapters). We have other books from The Little Colonel series, so please check our listings, thank you! IN STOCK in the UK!!! We post the same day, or if that's not possible, the very next working day. Seller's Ref: 331-B. Seller Inventory # ABE-8663040868
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